Its been a long long time since my last post...umm well as a new blogger, its hard for me to
find an inspiration.
Firstly as an Indonesian...I want to express a warm congratulation and support to the inaugurated president, Mr. Joko Widodo and his vice, Mr Jusuf Kalla :D :D (maybe a bit late)
Lets support them in pray and action to build the better Indonesia
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| Jokowi's inauguration on 20/10/2014 |
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| Mr Joko , Mr Jusuf and their wives |
Anyway...does anyone wonder why the title is fruit?
Are we talking about...
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| This product? |
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| Or this? |
Actually none of them...you'll know the answer after you go through this blog
Oh anw...I have lived in two cities:
1. Jakarta
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| Hotel Indonesia roundabout |
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| And with its tasty food, Ketoprak :9 |
2. Singapore
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| The popular landmark, Merlion |
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| with these lovely friends ^^ |
Yeap as mentioned in my prevous blog, I was born in Jakarta and currently I am pursuing my Bachelor degree in Singapore. Thats mean that I live in Singapore remotely from my parents.
Obviously, living in here is more convenient than in my hometown (except the living expense :(( ).
You can travel anywhere anytime freely and safely. This is really my comfort zone.
Eitss...I don't mean that Singapore is the comfort zone for all of you. Any places can be your comfort zone as long as you feel comfort. Hehehe...
However, I just realized something when I attended a Sunday service.
The pastor was preaching about this verse
"And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.." - Matthew 6:13
Therefore, he linked this verse with this
Yeap...its about Adam and Eve, the first created human, who were tempted by serpent shaped devil to eat the fruit from the knowledge tree. Eve was tempted to eat it by its appearance and wish to become the wise one. Furthermore...she gave the fruit to Adam and he ate that. So, both of them were fall into the sin because of temptation (Read Genesis 3:1-7)
However, in the previous chapter, Lord has commanded that Adam and Eve may eat fruits from every tree in the orchard except the fruit from the tree of knowledge (Gen 2;16-17)
Therefore, my pastor said in today's context, "Garden of Eden" can be any places where we feel comfort and convenient. And he said that we must watchful as "the forbidden fruits" are existed in every spot in our comfort place.
Now what is "the forbidden fruits" and "Garden of Eden" in today's context?
The pastor also mentioned that the place where we feel comfort is "Garden of Eden" today!!!
And we must be watchful to pick up "fruits" as there are so many "forbidden fruits" in every places.
So, what are "forbidden fruits" in present day?
In my opinion, there are
1. Get Drunk
Jesus said in Luke 21:34
"Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;"
Why drunk?
Apostle of Paul advise us in Ephesians 5:18
"And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit"
Yeah, get drunk will make us loosen the control of our action, talks, and so on. Apostle of Paul said obviously in that verse that get drunk will be resulted in debauchery!!! However, that does not mean that we are not allowed to consume alcoholic drinks at all!!!
It depends on the capability of your own body. If you know that you can get drunk easily, better not to have the drink as mentioned before, get drunk will lead to many sins!!!
2. Play Truant
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| I hope every shop have this policy |
Every students must be understand what this means.
Especially, if we are studying in the school remotely from our parent's control, the temptation to play truant is really strong. Moreover, universities will not give the punishment (cleaning the toilet, sun tanning in the courtyard, writing promise in the whiteboard 500 times, etc) for this action as they believe that students are well matured to hold their own responsibility.
Think of our parents, who accommodate our living expense and school fees ...do they expect us to do this? Are we glorifying Him with this action?
3.Working Illegally
Some business like restaurant, hotel and theme park are likely experiencing shortage in the worker.
Therefore, they just try to recruit anyone, either permitted or not to work, to be the either full time or part time worker. Like that serpent offer the fruit in Garden of Eden, we have the option to accept it or not. You should know that the risk is being deported if you get caught. Moreover, if you are still the student and not permitted to work, there is a high probability of being dropped out!! Despite of that risk, we must think back that everything we do is not for our own only, its for Him.
Well, I am sure that there will be more points can be added on. You can add that in comment form or just suggest me in personal message :)
Then, what should we do if we have consumed the "fruit"?
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" - 1 John 1:9
And try not to repeat that sin again.
To understand which "fruit" is "consumable", we should seek Him and listen to His word, by daily verses and even the advices from parents, friends, mentor, and any reliable persons around you.
Thats all that I can express my opinion about the "forbidden fruit" and everyone should remember that every job we do as a student, maybe as an employer, do it with all your heart as for the Lord (Colossians 3:23)
So thanks for sparing your time to read this and see you in my next post :)
Have a good day
